Media Questions

If your readers are tired of backtalk, lying and homework hassles, they'll want to hear about Shari Steelsmith's Go to Your Room!: Consequences That Teach, an easy-to-use guide to disciplining 2 to 12-year-olds. When you interview Steelsmith, you may find the following questions helpful:

• How do consequences differ from punishment?
   
• Every parenting expert seems to recommend his or her own kind of discipline. What's better about the use of consequences?
   
• Your book discusses both natural and logical consequences. How do they differ?
   
• Most of us agree that children, like adults, learn from experience. Is it always appropriate for a child to face the consequences of his behavior?
   
• How can parents use your book to brainstorm consequences for their own kids?
   
• How do you recommend parents handle kids who protest the consequences, who whine and argue?
   
• What prompted you to write this book? It's very different from your other books—the day-care business guide, the biographies of famous women, the toddler books on emotions, the "Peekaboo" guide to playing with babies.

Arrange an interview today—contact the Parenting Press publicity coordinator at (800) 992-6657, ext. 102 or (206) 364-2900, ext. 102.